Press play on better health: could recording doctor visits boost Self-Care in seniors?
NCT ID NCT05824572
First seen Aug 07, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether giving older adults with diabetes and other chronic conditions audio recordings of their clinic visits helps them take a more active role in their own care. Participants either receive these recordings for a year or standard after-visit summaries. The study measures changes in patient activation, medication adherence, and overall well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Audio recordings of primary care clinic visits shared with patients
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this simple, low-cost tool could help older adults with multiple chronic conditions better understand and follow their care plans, potentially improving self-management and health outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is early and may not show a clear benefit over standard after-visit summaries. Recording visits may not suit everyone, and privacy or usability concerns could limit adoption.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 336 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Patients participants: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are ≥ 65 years; * Patients with multimorbidity (i.e. patient has diabetes and one or more chronic conditions including: arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, depression, heart failure, hypertension, osteoporosis, kidney disease and stroke); * Have had two or more clinic visits in the previous 12 months; * Plan on receiving ongoing care at the clinic for the subsequent 12 months; * Do not have any vision or hearing problems that cannot be corrected; * Have not recorded a clinic visit for personal use i the past 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Without capacity to consent to the project; * With schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, substance-use disorders, uncorrectable hearing or visual impairment or a six item screener (SIS) cognitive function score ≤ 4; * Living in skilled nursing homes or hospice; * Patients who have audio- recorded a clinic visit for their personal use in the previous six months; * Patients who do not speak English or Spanish; * Patients who lack internet access; * Patients who (a) do not have access to a personal email, (b) do not have an email address shared with a family member or patient-identified caregiver, and (c) are not interested in creating an email account between the time they are first contacted by the study team to the time that the study team requires an email address to initiate the online recording software registration. Clinician participants: Inclusion criteria: * Licensed clinician (MD including clinician residents at Dartmouth Health locations, DO, APRN, NP, PA) * Are based at the study clinic; * Who treat adult patients. Exclusion criteria: * Are trainees, e.g., fellows, medical students or residents, with the exception of clinician residents at Dartmouth Health; * Commonly audio or video record clinic visits for patient's personal use.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth-Hitchcook Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire, 03104, United States
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University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, 77555, United States
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Vanderbit University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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